Arthroscopy is a surgical technique that involves the introduction of a small circular lens (2.0 to 6.0 mm in diameter) into a joint for the purpose of inspection and possible treatment. The arthroscope is an elongated tube possessing a series of lenses that allow for the magnification of structures within the joint.
Traumatic injuries also include damage to or destruction of. personal appliances, such as eyeglasses or hearing aids, when a personal injury. requiring medical services occurred. An occupational disease or illness is a condition produced by the work environment.
This chapter describes the difference between exposure to an infectious agent, which is not compensable, and actual injury. The forms and procedures to be used by employees and agency personnel in initiating claims for traumatic injury, occupational disease, recurrence of disability, and death are then outlined.